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- LONDON/NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were pursued by photographers in New York on Tuesday in what the prince's spokesperson described as a "near catastrophic car chase," highlighting the often tense relationship between celebrities and photographers.
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- Princess Diana. The most high-profile incident involving the paparazzi was the 1997 deaths of Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul. Everyone is familiar with the events of that summer night, so let's look at what Prince William had to say about the paparazzi in the BBC documentary, "Diana, 7 Days" (via the Independent): "About every single time she went out, there'd be a pack of people waiting for her.
- Britney Spears. Few celebrities have been subjected to the paparazzi circus quite as much as Britney Spears. In 2008, an investigation by the Associated Press (via Today) found that the paparazzi were all working together to keep tabs on her.
- Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay Lohan was another actress who found herself a prime target for paparazzi, and when a 2005 chase ended badly, the Los Angeles Times reported that she "earned her celebrity stripes."
- David Beckham. In 2014, E! News confirmed that they had received a statement from someone in the know: David Beckham hadn't been injured in the motorcycle accident that happened amid being swarmed by paparazzi while traveling down the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.
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paparazzi, freelance photographers who specialize in capturing candid photos of celebrities for media outlets.
The word paparazzi is derived from the name of a character in the 1960 Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (“The Sweet Life”). In the film, actor Marcello Mastroianni plays a disenchanted gossip journalist named Marcello who frequents the nightlife scene in Rome while on the hunt for his next story, accompanied by his photographer colleague Paparazzo. The way Marcello tersely and unintentionally accusingly addresses Paparazzo throughout the film helped make the word paparazzo stand out and tie it to the profession.
Time magazine brought attention to the word paparazzo and its plural counterpart paparazzi in a 1961 article titled “The Press: Paparazzi on the Prowl.” The article described photographer Ivan Kroscenko by saying, “He is a paparazzo, one of a ravenous wolf pack of freelance photographers who stalk big names for a living and fire with flash guns at point-blank range.”
Tazio Secchiaroli (1925–98) was the photographer who inspired Fellini to create the character of Paparazzo in La Dolce Vita. At the time, he was known for his street photography that celebrated Rome’s nightlife. Among the many photos Secchiaroli is known for capturing, two of the standouts are a photo of Ava Gardner, considered to be unflattering, with wet hair wrapped in an old bath towel and a photo of an argument between married actors Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel. He was also Sophia Loren’s personal photographer for nearly 20 years.
Ron Galella (1931–2022) was named the “Godfather of U.S. paparazzi culture” by Time magazine and “Paparazzo Extraordinaire” by Newsweek magazine. He is credited with creating the model for the follow-and-ambush style used by paparazzi to capture photos of celebrities. He was best known for his obsession with and relentless pursuit of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the photo he called “Windblown Jackie” (1971) was deemed the “most famous paparazzi photo ever” by Time magazine. During his almost six-decade-long career, he photographed a wide range of celebrities, including Elvis Presley, Louis Armstrong, Paul McCartney, Muhammad Ali, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, and Taylor Swift.
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The persistent and intrusive methods used by paparazzi to capture candid photographs have long led celebrities to make claims of invasion of privacy and harassment. In 1997 the death of Princess Diana in a car accident caused international outrage at the paparazzi, because they had allegedly been following her chauffeur-driven car. Since then legislation has been introduced to regulate the behaviour of paparazzi.
In the United Kingdom, the Protection from Harassment Act (1997) allows photographers to take pictures in all public places but stipulates that they may be prosecuted if they threaten, stalk, intimidate, or cause distress to their subjects. Additionally, the Independent Press Standards Organization states that journalists should not engage in those behaviours or in persistent pursuit and should desist if asked to do so by their subjects.
The majority of paparazzi sell their photos to agencies that have relationships with media outlets’ photo editors rather than working independently and selling their photos directly to media outlets.
In the early 2000s, called the “gold rush years,” paparazzi typically earned between 20 and 70 percent of the royalties generated by the photographs they took. The amount varied depending on the photographer’s experience, the deal that was negotiated, and whether the photographer used information supplied by the agency about a celebrity’s location. During this time, paparazzi could make between $5,000 and $15,000 for a candid photo of a celebrity pumping gas, getting coffee, or doing other mundane errands.
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- Anne Hathaway. Anne Hathaway is the latest celeb to call out the paparazzi invading her privacy. And in the articulate, infinitely cheery way only Anne Hathaway can, she managed to do it as gracefully as possible, and with little outward anger (although I'm sure some part of her was seething underneath, she's only human!).
- North West. Last year when she was being hounded by the paparazzi outside her ballet class with her nanny, two-year-old North West gave photographers a serious dressing down.
- Sienna Miller. Way back in 2008, Sienna Miller sued photography company Big Pictures, claiming their paparazzi had become "intolerable". Miller filmed the invasive photographers with her own mini-cam as evidence, and ended up settling out of court.
- Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard. Kristen Bell and hubby Dax Shepard have been vocal advocates against the paparazzi taking unsolicited photos of children, regardless who their parents might be.
Walter Santesso portrays Paparazzo in the 1960 film La Dolce Vita, marking the character as the eponym of the word paparazzi. Ron Galella is well known for his obsessive stalking of several celebrities, most notably Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Galella has been defined "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture".
Aug 30, 2017 · Princess Diana on the paparazzi to her friend and natural healer Simone Simmons. The paparazzi did it: They killed Princess Diana. It wasn't true but people believed it in 1997, especially her...
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Nov 24, 2023 · The Netflix series emphasizes how she was dangerously hounded by the paparazzi. It also suggests that the circumstances on that fateful August night in 1997 were at least partly the creation of her...
Jan 8, 2015 · Celebrities have long been hounded by photographers, but in the age of Britney, Lindsay, and Paris, the hunt has escalated into blood sport. Why have the paparazzi become so aggressive?
